Second Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Earnest Reid encouraged Chattanooga 2.0 participants to work toward Chattanooga becoming not only the most educated and workforce prepared city in the South, but in the United States.
He spoke Monday specifically to participants at the Chattanooga Interfaith Council Education Summit.
“This evening, we come after many months of dialogue to reflect particularly on how the faith community can contribute to the conversation of education, not only contribute in words, but more importantly how can we take our conversation and put it into action to advance the educational agenda that we have,” said Reid.
He spoke to nearly 100 faith-based leaders, educators and Chattanooga 2.0 participants.
Hamilton County Department of Education Interim Superintendent, Kirk Kelly, speaks to reporters. Members of the Hamilton County Department of Education visited the Chattanooga Times Free Press to discuss goals for the 2016 school year.Chattanooga 2.0 coordinator Dr. Jared Bigham, who hosted the summit, explained that Chattanooga 2.0 isn’t just a community-wide program aimed at improving academic excellence and career credentials in Hamilton County. It’s also a movement, he said.